civil

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹsĭv-əl IPA: /ˈsɪv.əl/, SAMPA: /"sIv.@l/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Etymology

From Latin civilis (“relating to a citizen”)

Adjective

civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

1. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

   She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.

2. Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

   It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

Derived terms

• civilly
• civil society

Translations

Related to people and government office as opposed to miliary or religion

Bulgarian: граждански (bg), цивилен (bg) Catalan: civil (ca) Dutch: burgerlijk (nl), civiel (nl) Esperanto: civila (eo) French: civil (fr) German: zivil (de)

Polish: cywilny (pl) m. Portuguese: civil (pt) Russian: гражданский (ru) (graždánskij), штатский (ru) (štátskij) Scottish Gaelic: catharra (gd) Spanish: civil (es) Swedish: civil (sv)

behaving in a reasonable or polite manner

Bulgarian: вежлив (bg), учтив (bg) Catalan: civil (ca) Dutch: beschaafd (nl), geciviliseerd (nl) French: civil (fr) German: zivilisiert (de)

Portuguese: civil (pt), civilizado (pt) Russian: цивилизованный (ru) (civilizóvannyj), воспитанный (ru) (vospítannyj), культурный (ru) (kul'túrnyj), вежливый (ru) (v'éžlivyj) Spanish: civil (es) Swedish: civiliserad (sv)

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Hebrew: ציבורי (tzibury) m., ציבורית (tziburyt) f. (1) Ido: civila Interlingua: civil

Italian: civile

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Catalan

Adjective

civil m. and f. (plural civils)

1. civil

Related terms

• civilitat

Derived terms

• civilització
• civilitzar
• civilment

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin civilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sivil/

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Adjective

civil m. (f. civile, m. plural civils, f. plural civiles)

1. civil (war, marriage etc.)
2. (politics) lay
3. civilian
4. (literary) civil, courteous, polite

Noun

civil m. (plural civils)

1. civilian

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Zivil, from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“civic, civil”), from cīvis (“citizen”).

Noun

cìvīl m. (Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл)

1. civilian (not related to the military armed forces)

Declension

    declension of civil

	singular	plural
nominative	cìvīl	civili
genitive	civíla	civila
dative	civilu	civilima
accusative	civila	civile
vocative	civile	civili
locative	civilu	civilima
instrumental	civilom	civilima

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Spanish

Adjective

civil m. and f. (plural civiles)

1. civil

Related terms

• civilizar

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Swedish

Adjective

civil

Declension of civil

Inflections of civil
Indefinite singular	Common	civil
	Neuter	civilt
Definite singular	Masc.	civile
	All	civila
Plural		civila

1. civil; having to do with people and organizations outside military or police, sometimes also outside of other team-based activities, such as a professional sports team